Alphabet has more than a dozen different businesses, but it’s still an advertising company through-and-through, as this chart shows. The company reported fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, which revealed that it still makes 84 percent of its revenue from advertising, with 14.5 percent coming from the likes of its cloud unit and hardware, and 1.2 percent coming from […]

Online hair and beauty bookings system JOLYY plans to build a Blockchain-powered platform, in a bid to increase its efficiency and lower costs for salons and clients alike. The company believes that the beauty industry is one of the noticeable few markets yet to tap into the enormous potential of digital …

Business Insider's Sara Silverstein spoke with Adam Ludwin, CEO of blockchain technology firm Chain, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The following is a transcript of the interview. Silverstein: Can you help me understand what Chain does? Ludwin: We build software and sell it to …

But, blockchain's uses extend far beyond security, and experts believe we've only just scratched the surface of this technology's full potential. As the tech world continues to speculate about blockchain's future, we asked members of Forbes Finance Council to discuss some unexpected applications of …

With that said, technology is evolving at a rapid pace and 2018 will be the year that blockchain, the backbone behind cryptocurrencies, establishes itself as the fastest-growing digital technology since the evolution of the internet. The blockchain is a distributed incorruptible digital technology infrastructure …

Specialist investment bank Exotix argues that the biggest potential for blockchain technology, first developed to underpin bitcoin, lies in frontier markets. Analyst Paul Domjan says blockchain could be used for things like property registration, contract law, and exchange in countries with volatile local …

By default, Bitcoin's blockchain updates at intervals of about 10 minutes, which in turn makes everything that much easier to follow and to manage in comparison to manual processing. Blockchain technology removes third parties from the equation. This reduces transaction fees and makes the entire …

As time passes, increasing numbers of people become aware of a newer way of securing transactions called blockchain. It uses cryptography to create digital records which are nearly impossible to hack, replicate, or misuse. These transactions are completed on multiple computers in a chain. This is another reason the digital records are difficult to alter. […]

Risk management giant DNV GL is partnering with blockchain startup VeChain to launch a more efficient and transparent record of asset ownership. The two companies announced they would be teaming up on Wednesday to develop a blockchain platform to track food and beverages, as well as fashion and retail. The ultimate hope to apply the […]

Mogo Finance Technology Inc. has reached an agreement with DMG Blockchain Solutions to lease 1,000 bitcoin mining machines. This will allow the Vancouver-based fintech company’s new subsidiary, Mogo Blockchain Technology Inc., to begin bitcoin mining later this quarter. “The biggest use cases and revenue-generating cases for blockchain are bitcoin mining, and buying and selling bitcoin. […]